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Adam Putnam, Mirror Place, C-print, 2007 |
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KASSIE JONES BY FURRY LEWIS, 1928 REMIX: ADAM PUTNAM, MIRROR PLACE (FOR KASSIE JONES), 2007 Casey Jones was killed in 1900 in a train crash. According to his widow, Casey established a trademark for himself by his inimitable method of blowing the whistle in a kind of long drawn out note, beginning softly, then rising, then dying away almost to a whisper. Putnam has responded to the ballad by creating a print from a photogram made in his studio using a homemade projection device that he calls a ‘magic lantern’. This haunting process of projection and translation could be seen to mirror the many stages of memory we experience once a person dies. This work references both Casey Jones’ death and the vision or premonition his wife had on the night of his death. Adam Putnam creates work around our experience of architecture exploring ways in which interiors can contain a paranormal presence. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and has had solo exhibitions at Artists Space and Sandroni Rey, New York. www.sevenseven.com/putnam |
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